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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Party leaders make final tour of Britain for votes (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:38 PM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron puts party leaflets through the letter boxes of homes in north London May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Carl de Souza/PoolReuters - Britain's party leaders campaigned around the clock Tuesday in a final push for votes, two days before a parliamentary election that opinion polls suggest could redraw the political map.

Churchill memorabilia sold at London auction (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 12:06 PM PDT

AP - Christie's said Tuesday it was auctioning what it said was the most important private collection of letters and books related to Britain's World War II prime minister, Winston Churchill.

Loony leader fights Cameron with insanity (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 09:19 AM PDT

Alan AFP - If David Cameron is to become the next prime minister, his first act will be to shake the hand of the self-confessed biggest loony in the country.

Dutchman starts work as new Marks and Spencer boss (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:32 AM PDT

Dutchman Marc Bolland, Mark and Spencer's new chief executive, arrives for his first day at the company's headquarters in London. Bolland replaces Stuart Rose who will go on to act as part-time chairman of the group until mid-2011.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Dutchman Marc Bolland started his first day as the new chief executive of clothes-to-food retailer Marks and Spencer on Tuesday.

UK parties eye deals with rivals ahead of vote (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 07:16 AM PDT

Britain's former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Tony Blair is given a cake by during a visit to the Rams Head Inn in Denshaw northern England while campaigning for the Labour Party Tuesday May 4, 2010. Britain goes to the polls in a General Election on Thursday (AP Photo/ Dave Thompson/Pool)AP - Britain's main political parties crisscrossed the country to woo wavering voters Tuesday, but they also courted each other as opinion polls indicated that the national election could produce no clear winner.

UK court rules bars secret evidence in Gitmo suit (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:44 AM PDT

Detainees at the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base, in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. The United States on Tuesday released two detainees from Guantanamo to Bulgaria and one to Spain, reducing the number of inmates held at the prison to 181, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Marlk Wilson)AP - A British court says the government will not be allowed to keep evidence secret from former Guantanamo prisoners who are suing the U.K. over its alleged complicity in their detention.

British national election headed for stalemate (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 06:06 AM PDT

AP - Britain's national election looks likely to deny any of the three major political parties an outright majority, creating the first so-called "hung Parliament" since 1974. Here are the potential scenarios.

Turner Prize shortlist revealed (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 04:46 AM PDT

This handout image courtesy of Gagosian Gallery shows Dexter Dalwood's painting entitled AFP - A painter whose work revisits the scenes where famous people have lived and died is one of four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize, organisers said on Tuesday.

Pearson selling stake in data provider in $2B deal (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:38 AM PDT

AP - British publisher Pearson PLC said Tuesday it is selling its 61 percent stake in financial market data provider Interactive Data Corp. to private equity firms Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus in a $2 billion pretax deal.

Brown is worst PM ever, says Labour candidate (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 03:11 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown prepares to speak at an event at Westminster Methodist Hall in central London on May 3. A general election candidate standing for Brown's Labour party described him as AFP - A general election candidate standing for Gordon Brown's Labour party described him as "the worst prime minister" ever in comments published Tuesday.

Recession-hit Britons watching more TV (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Britons have been watching almost 2-1/2 hours more television a week this year as cash-strapped people stay at home more -- and because there's more to watch, figures showed on Tuesday.

Pearson to sell stake in Interactive Data Corp (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 01:24 AM PDT

Media firm Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books, has said it will sell its 61-percent stake in Interactive Data Corporation to two private equity firms for about 2 billion dollars (1.3 billion pounds) before tax.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - Media firm Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books, said Tuesday it will sell its 61-percent stake in Interactive Data Corporation to two private equity firms for about 2 billion dollars (1.3 billion pounds) before tax.

Scheme allows Bangladeshis to 'vote' in UK poll (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 08:33 PM PDT

Slum dwellers cross a makeshift bridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh where 40 percent of its 144 million people live on less than 1 dollar a day. Citizens in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Ghana have been using votes AFP - Bangladeshi musician Abdul Sabuj does not own a passport and rarely ventures far from the Dhaka slum he calls home, but thanks to a new vote-donating project, he will have a say in Britain's elections.

British actress Lynn Redgrave dies at 67 (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT

Actress Lynn Redgrave, seen here in New York City in 2009, has died at her New York home, her spokesman Rick Miranmontez said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Lovekin)AFP - Oscar-nominated actress Lynn Redgrave has died after a long battle against breast cancer, her children said Monday, in a new blow to one of Britain's most famous acting dynasties.

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